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Rishabh Pant didn’t shy away from helping Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto set the field during Day 3 of the Chennai Test. Team India solidified its position in the opening Test in Chennai, putting Bangladesh on the backfoot with a solid display on Day 2. After India posted a strong score of 376 in the first innings, Jasprit Bumrah led a dominant outing from the Indian bowlers, as the hosts bowled out Bangladesh on just 149. With an already commanding lead, India decided not to enforce the follow-on and continue to cruise towards setting up a mammoth target for the…

Sebi says such instances were not “readily” available and collating them would “disproportionately divert” its resources. The cases where SEBI chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch recused herself due to potential conflict of interest is not “readily” available and collating them would “disproportionately divert” its resources, the securities market regulator said in an RTI response on Friday. In the response furnished to transparency activist Commodore Lokesh Batra (retd), the regulator also refused to provide copies of Buch’s declarations to the government and SEBI Board on the financial assets and equities held by her and her family members on the grounds of these…

Tirupati Laddus row: Earlier on Friday, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has reassured that the sanctity of the sacred offering has been restored.Amid the controversy over claims of ‘animal fat’ in Tirupati laddus, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) announced plans “to install an in-house adulteration testing machine soon” to ensure the purity and meet food-safety standards at the temple. Speaking to News18, TTD Executive Officer Shyamala Rao revealed that the advanced testing equipment will ensure the quality and purity of the ghee used in making laddus. The machine, donated by the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), is expected to be operational…

Dr Birupaksha Biswas is close to Dr Sandip Ghosh, the now-former principal of Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, the site of the August 9 crime.The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday began questioning another doctor, allegedly close to Dr Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, in connection with the August 9 rape and murder of a junior doctor at the facility. Dr Birupaksha Biswas, recently transferred by the West Bengal government from Burdwan Medical College and Hospital to Kakdwip Hospital in the South 24 Parganas district, appeared before CBI officers…

PM Narendra Modi departed for a three-day visit to the United States on Saturday morning to attend the Quad summit.Preparations are in full swing for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s event in New York on September 22, where he will interact with members of the Indian diaspora.The mega-event ‘Modi&US’ will be held at the Nassau Veterans Coliseum in Uniondale in New York. News agency ANI reported that the event is at capacity and already sold out. Over 25,000 attendees had registered for the 13,000 available seats. The event garnered over 500 community organisations from over 40 states joining as “Welcome Partners”…

The main interest rate set by the US Federal Reserve has been lowered by 50 basis points (bps), to range between 4.75% and 5%. The Federal Reserve has not lowered rates since 2020.Concerns about the US economy’s slowing growth and decreasing inflation led to the decision. Although the goal of this action is to stabilize the US economy, concerns have been voiced about how it would affect other markets, particularly India.  Impact of US fed rate cut on Gold prices  The impact on gold prices, which are a popular investment in erratic economic times, is one important area that is…

Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant got it wrong as the DRS proved Mohammed Siraj was right all along.There was no shortage of action on Day 2 of the first Test between India and Bangladesh in Chennai. India were bowled out for 376, losing their last four wickets for 27 runs, Hasan Mahmud picked up a consecutive five-wicket-haul, Taskin Ahmed chipped in with three wickets as well, and Akash Deep left Bangladesh struggling at 26/3 at lunch. 120 minutes, 7 wickets, and the possibility of another three-day Test finish. It won’t be an exaggeration to say that there’s only one team…

The Gurugram Police allegedly did not collect video evidence of the crash between a bike and an SUV.One of the friends of a biker, who died in an accident in Haryana’s Gurugram after his bike collided with an SUV, has alleged that the police did not collect video of the accident as evidence despite seeing the footage at the scene of the accident, reported India Today.Pradyuman Kumar, a friend of 23-year-old Akshat Garg, who died in the accident on Golf Course Road, Gurugram, claimed that his friend’s GoPro had recorded the entire accident.“The police saw the recording, but they didn’t…

According to the CBI, the paper was solved at Hazaribagh on the morning of examination of May 5 by a set of solvers studying in MBBS courses. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a second charge sheet in the ongoing investigation into the NEET UG 2024 question paper leak case. The charge sheet, submitted before the special court for CBI cases in Patna, names six accused individuals involved in the conspiracy, including key officials responsible for the conduct of the exam in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The six individuals named in the second charge sheet are Baldev Kumar alias Chintu,…

Mamata Banerjee accused the Damodar Valley Corporation of releasing 5 lakh cusecs of water over three days, flooding 11 districts in southern Bengal.West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing the Damodar Valley Corporation of releasing 5 lakh cusecs of water and causing floods in the state.  “I would like to draw your kind attention to the fact that as a result of an unprecedented, unplanned and unilateral release of an enormously huge volume of water at nearly 5 lakh cusec from the combined system of Maithon and Panchat dams owned and maintained…